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and electing another. In contrary to popular belief, many of the push and pull factors that drive people out of their country and into another are generally analogous to one another. This is the story of Peter Harle. Peter Harle was born in Torak, Yugoslavia, now known as Serbia, on January 4th, 1932. He was one of 580,000 German immigrants that came to America in the 1950’s. He worked several jobs in order to subsist and eventually establish his own company which became a burgeoning business…

Poland were created as independent countries from land previously owned by Russia. Also, Austria-Hungary was split up and had to give land to Italy, Romania, the new independent country of Czechoslovakia, and the new independent country of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was formally Serbia and South-eastern Austria-Hungary. Europe During World War 1: The yellow countries are the Allied Power, the orange countries are the central powers, and the green countries are the neutral nations. This map shows…

In the documentary “Ghost of Rwanda” we got to see true event of what had occurred to approximately 1,000,000 people of Rwanda. The film interviewed several people that stayed or were in Rwanda during the genocide, like Phillip Gaillard who was head of the international committee for the Red Cross and how he helped save hundreds of lives in the process. Other interviews told the stories of people like General Romeo Dallaire who was task to preserve the peace between the Rwandan Patriotic Front…

Chapter 3.3 - How Stalin aimed to establish Soviet Security with the ‘Iron Curtain’ and Eastern buffer zones surrounding the USSR As the Second World War had drawn to an end Stalin had two main immediate aims; the economic recovery and reconstruction of Soviet territory backed by reparations, which was already partly covered in the previous segments. The other was to establish a Soviet Sphere of influence in the occupied Eastern European countries, as a means of making a ‘buffer zone’ against…

years. Order of St. Sava, II Class, Government of Serbia (1892)Elliott Cresson Medal (1894)Order of Prince Danilo I (1895)Edison Medal (1916)Order of St. Sava, I Class, Government of Yugoslavia (1926)Order of the Yugoslav Crown (1931)John Scott Medal (1934)Order of the White Eagle, I Class, Government of Yugoslavia (1936)Order of the White Lion, I Class, Government of Czechoslovakia (1937)University of Paris Medal (1937)The Medal of the University St. Clement of Ochrida, Sofia,…

violent to the point of everyday Hutus killing their Tutsi neighbors in cold blood. This is another instance in which the UN was obligated to take action to try and maintain peace and stability in the region, however, as in the case of the former Yugoslavia, they were rather ineffective. The main problem in Rwanda with the United Nations was that just when their assistance was most needed, they were not permitted to intervene and all of the troops were being transferred and shifted around…

World War II brought advanced forms of military tactics and maneuvers to the battle stage. The most prominent tactic for the Germans rapidly became the Blitzkrieg military strategy. Blitzkrieg accurately translates to “lightning war” and to Hitler this meant launching a substantial number of military units extremely rapidly in order destroy the opposition 's defense. The basis behind this war tactic is the concept of “combined arms.” The design called for numerous types of military units all at…

Violence against innocents is something no sane person wants to inflict. Yet, in cases of civil war and genocide, sane people become the very same insane person that they vilify. Sarajevo, a gleaming city seen as a model to the rest of former European communist countries, was being torn apart during the middle of the 20th century by the very people that made it the model city it was. The people of Rwanda, tired after years of violence and war, turns back from their signed peace agreement and…

World War II brought new forms of military tactics and maneuvers to the battle stage. The most popular tactic for the Germans very quickly became the Blitzkrieg military strategy. Blitzkrieg literally translates to “lightning war” and to Hitler this meant pushing hard and fast with a large number of military units in order destroy the opposition 's defense. The basis behind this war tactic is the concept of “combined arms.” The plan was to use many different types of military units all at once,…

World War II World War II was one of the bloodiest wars ever. Over 400,000 American lives were lost, and I’m not mentioning the millions of soldiers killed from other countries. More than 60 million people died in World War II. That’s 3% of the 1940 population! And if that’s not enough, before WWII even officially started, the Holocaust had already begun, and thousands, even millions of Jews were being murdered. During…